U.N.I.T. On Call (webcast)

U.N.I.T. On Call
Doctor:	Third Doctor
Companion(s):	Jo, the Brigadier
Main setting:	2020
Key crew
Writer:	Emily Cook Jon Culshaw
Producer:	Emily Cook
Music:	Murray Gold
Release details
Premiere broadcast:	14 November 2020
Doctor Who: Lockdown! originals
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U.N.I.T. On Call was a Doctor Who: Lockdown! webcast released in November 2020, tying in with the tweetalong of TV: Turn Left.

It featured Jon Culshaw voicing Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (licensed from the Haisman Estate) as well as the Third Doctor, and the return of Katy Manning to the part of Jo Grant in a video story. It was also notable for featuring a performance by writer and producer Emily Cook.

Publisher's summary

As COVID-19 continues to threaten the world, one Doctor Who fan makes a special call for help…

Plot

to be added

Cast

• Doctor Who Fan - Emily Cook
• Third Doctor, Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, & Terrance Dicks - Jon Culshaw
• UNIT On Hold Voice-Over - Marisa Clarke
• Jo Grant - Katy Manning

Thanks to The Haisman Estate

Crew

• Written by - Emily Cook and Jon Culshaw
• Produced & Edited by - Emily Cook

References

UNIT

to be added

Music

• "Java" by Bert Kaempfert & His Orchestra is playing as the holding music to U.N.I.T..

Technology

• The Doctor Who fan was watching an episode of Doctor Who from 2007.
• The fan uses a TV remote to switch off the television.
• The fan uses an iPhone to call UNIT through time was at first met by the automatic voice-over along with on-hold music, eventually getting through to the Third Doctor, The Brigadier and Jo Grant via a 4-way call through time. Eventually, she is met by an unnamed mysterious voice that encourages her further.
• The fan ends up watching another episode of the show from the 1963-1966 era.

Food and beverages

• The Doctor Who fan is enjoying a cup of tea (from a Doctor Who mug) and some Jammie Dodgers.

Notes

• Emily Cook opened a casting call for the voice of the UNIT receptionist on her Twitter account on 4 November, 2020.
• Audio from the end of TV: Turn Left can be heard from the Doctor Who fan's television at the start of the webcast along with the 2007 version of the Doctor Who theme. At the end of the webcast the 1963-1966 version plays, transitioning into the credits.

Continuity

• By 2020, UNIT operations have been "suspended". (TV: Resolution)
• The Doctor Who fan tells Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart "I'll explain later" when he asks for details about UNIT's current fate. (TV: The Curse of Fatal Death)